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Doing Family Time

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on the impact of imprisonment on prisoners and on the family members of prisoners.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Election 2020 – The Facts are Clear but Who Do We Trust?

Students analyze tweets, a press conference statement, a video opinion piece, a press release and a fact checking webpage for messages about the 2020 Presidential election results and media credibility.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, News - Video, Web Video, News - Video, Speech, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Video, Social Media, Speech, Web Video
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Environmental Injustice At Work

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to compare musical forms carrying messages about environmental justice in the workplace.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Subject Areas
Music, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Farming, Community, and Sustainability

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the roles of community, farmers and farm labor in food system sustainability using visual imagery, film and song.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Documentary Film, Illustration, Music/song, Poster, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video, Music/song
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

First Contact: Who’s Telling the Story?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two paintings about first contact between Native Americans and Spanish conquistadors for messages about historical context and point of view. .

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Football and Concussions: the NFL vs. Scientific Research

In this media literacy activity students analyze short video clips from an investigative documentary TV program, a feature film, and a congressional hearing for messages about the impact of football on brain disease to assess credibility in film representations of historic events.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, News - Video, Television Program, Television Commercial, News - Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Life Sciences, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Friend or Foe?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the Central American wars of the Reagan administration.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, News - Print, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

GMOs: Bias and Credibility in Media Messages

Students analyze three web videos from corporate, academic and activist sources for messages about genetically modified organisms, techniques used to sway the viewer, and questions about credibility and one’s own confirmation biases.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

Gay Affirmative or Gay Negative

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on intolerance toward LGBT people and forms of resistance to intolerance.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Animated Film, Documentary Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Habitat Destruction: The Idea of Progress

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a painting and a Facebook post for messages about the impact of habitat destruction on biodiversity.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Halloween Costumes: When Does Fun Turn Into Hurt?

Students analyze a commercial and video analysis for messages about cultural appropriation in Halloween costumes and how identity impacts responses to media.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, English Language Instruction

Harriet Tubman Seizes Freedom – Many Stories

In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from children’s books for messages about Harriet Tubman, enslavement and the Underground Railroad.

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Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Literature
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Health Care and Wal-Mart

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing two short videos about Wal-Mart's healthcare policies.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Legacy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on the impact and meaning of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Historical Monuments: Whose History? Whose Choice?

Students analyze excerpts from a public television series, a news report and a web video for messages about how historic monuments/statues have been reappraised in the Black Lives Matter era in the U.S., Australia, and Latin America.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

News - Video, Documentary Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video, Documentary Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

History of Resource Depletion

Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how resource depletion has been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include water, forests, oil and consumption.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Photograph, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

How Much Water Did it Take to Grow That?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about the impact of agriculture on freshwater availability.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Informational Text, Map, News - Print, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

How Women Got the Vote: Different Authors, Different Stories

In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two children’s history books for messages about the fight for women’s right to vote.

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Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Human/Animal Relations

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on messages about human and animal relations.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government

Huracán María: El Impacto de la Inmigración Puertorriqueña en Florida

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity for Spanish language classes in which students analyze three short excerpts of online newspaper articles about the economic impacts on Florida resulting from the influx of Puerto Rican climate refugees following Hurricane Maria. The student handouts are in Spanish language only, while the Teacher Guide is provided in both English and Spanish.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

News - Print
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, Spanish Language Instruction